Legal Opinion
State v. Atkins
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided November 8, 1968PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRodman, J.
(Pro Tempore).
The defendant appeals from his conviction of first degree murder of Lynn Michael Wilson. Wilson, the swing-shift attendant at the B & B Texaco station in Portland, had been working alone the evening of October 28, 1965. At 11:30 p.m., the station was found open, but unattended. Two new tires were missing and $173 had been taken from the cash register. The next day Wilson’s body was found beside a road a few miles from the station. He had been shot four times in the back of the head and neck and his hands were tied behind him. There was no money on the body.
In March 1966, the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Ball v. GladdenOregon Supreme Court · 1968
- Mathis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Clewis v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Fikes v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. McCorgarySupreme Court of Kansas · 1975
- United States v. Robert Lawrence AtkinsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Eben v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
- State v. JacksonOregon Supreme Court · 2018
- State v. TravisSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
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